Multiple lines in "Edit Text" box in GUIDE

Hi,

I'm making a GUI for my program and I wanted to allow multiple lines of text to be entered in an "Edit Text" box (email addresses) which I would then separate and continue with the program. I noticed I am not able to enter multiple lines using the Edit Text box...it just keeps writing on the same line. Is there a way around this? How can i allow the option of multiple lines?

Answer 1

[Paulo Silva]

'edit' – Editable text fields enable users to enter or modify text values. Use editable text when you want text as input. If Max-Min>1, then multiple lines are allowed. For multi-line edit boxes, a vertical scrollbar enables scrolling, as do the arrow keys.

From MATLAB Documentation for uicontrol

[Alex]

Thank you! Very helpful on a not very obvious quirk

[Pau Micó]

Thanks a lot! And yes, it was not so an obvious question!!!

[raym]

The string field is not a cell string, but a transposed char mat filled with many blanks.

Thus multiple-line edit is not a very good solution for real text with new-line functionalities.

Answer 2

[huyen nguyen]

How to create multiple data in edit text in matlab? help me, please. thank you.